Tomato At Rs 100 A Kg; Why Is India Seeing Red?
New Delhi: The rise in the price of tomatoes, without which many an Indian dish is incomplete, has hit monthly budgets in households. As retail prices touched Rs 120-130 at some places on Monday, the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India under the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution began selling tomatoes at a subsidised price of Rs 65 per kg in Delhi.
In many parts of the country, customers are paying at least Rs 80-90/ kg for tomatoes. According to Consumer price data compiled by the ministry, average prices on October 7 had increased significantly from a month ago, with the south zone average price having almost doubled over this period.
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